{"id":21775,"date":"2014-08-13T16:37:26","date_gmt":"2014-08-13T08:37:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=21775"},"modified":"2014-08-25T18:12:38","modified_gmt":"2014-08-25T10:12:38","slug":"mrt-3-train-derailed-at-taft-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/08\/13\/mrt-3-train-derailed-at-taft-station\/","title":{"rendered":"MRT-3 train derailed at Taft Station"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA &#8212; (UPDATED 5:18 PM PH time) A Metro Rail Transit train was derailed at Taft MRT Station in Pasay City at around 3:30 PM.<\/p>\n<p>According to reports, around eight to nine people were injured when the train hit a barrier and was derailed. Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) officials are saying it was a &#8216;technical problem.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The wounded passengers and pedestrians were brought to nearby hospitals. A tweet from Health Sec. Eric Tayag said that nearby DOH hospitals were alerted to receive victims.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DOHgovph\">@DOHgovph<\/a> hospitals near <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/mrt?src=hash\">#mrt<\/a> train mishap alerted &amp; ready to receive injured commuters<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Doc Eric Tayag (@erictayagSays) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/erictayagSays\/statuses\/499471741396086784\">August 13, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>MRT has encountered several technical issues in the past, which brought its maintenance and management in the limelight.<\/p>\n<p>Several thousands of Filipinos ride the MRT everyday.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some photos of the derailed MRT train as posted by netizens.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Derailed MRT at Pasay causes heavy traffic <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/cL6L11UWGQ\">pic.twitter.com\/cL6L11UWGQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bev Natividad (@bevnatividad) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bevnatividad\/statuses\/499475961134333953\">August 13, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>DEVELOPING: Injuries being pulled out from derailed MRT train at EDSA Taft station in Pasay <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/solartvnews\">@solartvnews<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/xybIdk3SV0\">pic.twitter.com\/xybIdk3SV0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rex Remitio (@Rexremitio) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Rexremitio\/statuses\/499474748997259264\">August 13, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Derailed mrt <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/eetcP4KHBt\">pic.twitter.com\/eetcP4KHBt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mark Tan (@MarkTaan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarkTaan\/statuses\/499474239179587584\">August 13, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>WILD!!!!!! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MRT?src=hash\">#MRT<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Taft?src=hash\">#Taft<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/A9KxdCIE3z\">pic.twitter.com\/A9KxdCIE3z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; earl jimenez (@tweetearl) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tweetearl\/statuses\/499468801134444544\">August 13, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>SHIT SAW IT LIVE SCARY AS FUCK PEOPLE WERE FALLING OUT OF THE MRT <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/FGKfzE7AEN\">pic.twitter.com\/FGKfzE7AEN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kim Yumol (@yumolecule) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yumolecule\/statuses\/499464596650876928\">August 13, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA &#8212; (UPDATED 5:18 PM PH time) A Metro Rail Transit train was derailed at Taft MRT Station in Pasay &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":21778,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,1145],"tags":[2878,1349],"class_list":["post-21775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-headline","tag-derailed","tag-mrt","mauthors-ching-dee","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21775"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21775\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}